I guess it was inevitable. They're expecting to get it contained soon. No structures are in danger, according to the reports, but I'd bet the bridge at the Pool is gone. Here are some photos we took at the Pool (an ambitious name for a wide spot in the creek) last summer. I'm hoping the Ent Foot survives.

Here's an article~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I've never been in that area - thanks for the pictures. Hopefully the fire won't endanger any people.

Notta Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville

I'm pretty sure no people are in an danger. Not so sure about the critters. Half the trees are dead, so the fire is probably a good thing, though it will be sad to see the aftermath. And I do hope the Ent Foot is OK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I'd love to see that rain dance :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I hope the fire helps, but it's relatively small, so I don't know what that means. Maybe the beetles from the surrounding areas will move back in. But at any rate, it will clean up the dead wood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

It's so amazing to think that when I go for a walk, it's to a lake down the street from my house - when you go for a walk, it's in the Rocky Mountains :-). Enjoyed the photos, especially the one of you in between those huge boulders! It's sad to think that bridge might be gone - I hope they can contain the fire before it gets there.

We do have a little lake near our house, but it's an ordinary one, though it looks nice when the sun rises.

I'm also hoping the bridge is spared, though I don't expect it will be. The boulders are called "Arch Rocks", though there isn't a real arch there. I think they were left there by glaciers 10,000 years ago.

There's a place a few miles from there called "Gollum's Arch" that is also not a real arch :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I don't even like scrambling up rocky slopes these days. Last summer we stopped a quarter mile short of a lake after hiking five miles because it involved a scramble.

I took that photo of the local lake through a hole in a chain-link fence :-D It's in the middle of town. A common walk in my neighborhood is to walk around it, about a mile and half around. It used to be called Cemetery Lake because it's right by the cemetery, but the developers changed the name to Silver Lake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I don't think I've been to Fern in 30 years, and the trail was under several feet of snow (in late June). I can't remember if I was ever there when I was younger, with no snow. I hope you have a lot of pictures to remember it by in it's pre-fire state.

and it looks like it was actually a little west of the Pool, and mostly off the trail, up the side of the slope, so maybe the hike won't be impacted much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories